Milan Nedic

Milan Nedic (2 September 1878-4 February 1946) was Prime Minister of the Government of National Salvation (Serbia) from 29 August 1941 to 4 October 1944, a puppet government of Nazi Germany during World War II. He committed suicide after the war's end in 1945.

Biography
Milan Nedic was born on 2 September 1878 in Grocka, Principality of Serbia, the older brother of Milutin Nedic. He graduated from the Serbian Military Academy in 1904 with the rank of lieutenant, and Nedic received multiple decorations for bravery in the Balkan Wars. In 1915, Nedic was promoted to Colonel of the Royal Serbian Army at the age of 38, the youngest colonel in the army. From 1934 to 1935 he served as Chief of the General Staff of the Royal Yugoslav Army in the Interwar Years, and on 6 November 1940 he was dismissed from the military by Prince Paul for opposing war with Nazi Germany. Despite his support of the anti-Axis Powers coup of 1941, he was appointed as the Nazis' puppet as the Prime Minister of the "Government of National Salvation", an independent Serbian state. Nedic broadcasted anti-Semitism, anti-communism, and messages asking for the people not to attack the Wehrmacht, as the Germans killed 50 civilians for every German soldier wounded and 100 for every one killed. However, by 1944 the Allied Powers had liberated the Balkans, so he fled to Austria and turned himself in to the British Army. On 1 January 1946, he was turned over to the Yugoslav Partisans of Josip Broz Tito, and he was sentenced to life imprisonment. On 4 February, he jumped out a window while the guards weren't looking, killing himself.